geneva - 1Peter:1-5

geneva@1Peter:1:1 @ Peter an Apostle of Iesvs Christ, to the strangers that dwell here and there throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,

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geneva@1Peter:1:3 @ Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a (note:)Everlasting hope.(:note) lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

geneva@1Peter:1:4 @ To an inheritance immortall and vndefiled, and that withereth not, reserued in heauen for vs,

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geneva@1Peter:1:6 @ Wherein yee reioyce, though nowe for a season (if neede require) yee are in heauinesse, through manifolde tentations,

geneva@1Peter:1:7 @ That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the (note:)He speaks of the second coming of Christ.(:note) appearing of Jesus Christ:

geneva@1Peter:1:8 @ Whome yee haue not seene, and yet loue him, in whome nowe, though yee see him not, yet doe you beleeue, and reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious,

geneva@1Peter:1:9 @ Receiuing the ende of your faith, euen the saluation of your soules.

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geneva@1Peter:1:11 @ Searching when or what time the Spirite which testified before of Christ which was in them, shoulde declare the sufferings that should come vnto Christ, and the glorie that shoulde followe.

geneva@1Peter:1:12 @ Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost (note:)He alludes to the prophecy of Joel, which was exhibited upon the day of Pentecost, in the Apostles, as it were in the first fruits of the Holy Spirit, which this same prophecy Peter declares; (Act_2:6)(:note) sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

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geneva@1Peter:1:15 @ But as hee which hath called you, is holie, so be yee holie in all maner of conuersation;

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geneva@1Peter:1:19 @ But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lambe vndefiled, and without spot.

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geneva@1Peter:1:21 @ Which by his meanes doe beleeue in God that raised him from the dead, and gaue him glorie, that your faith and hope might bee in God,

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geneva@1Peter:1:23 @ Being borne anewe, not of mortall seede, but of immortall, by the woorde of God, who liueth and endureth for euer.

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geneva@1Peter:2:1 @ Wherefore (note:)Having laid for the foundation the Spirit of God effectually working by the word, and having built on it three virtues which are the grounds of all Christian actions, that is, faith, hope, and charity: now he proceeds to a general exhortation the first part being that we flee all show of both secret and open malice.(:note) laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

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geneva@1Peter:2:5 @ Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, (note:)Continuing, he compares us now to priests, placed for this purpose in the spiritual temple, that we should serve him with a spiritual worship, that is, with holiness and righteousness: but as the temple, so is the priesthood built upon Christ, in who alone all our spiritual offerings are accepted.(:note) an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

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geneva@1Peter:2:8 @ And a stone to stumble at, and a rocke of offence, euen to them which stumble at the woorde, being disobedient, vnto the which thing they were euen ordeined.

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geneva@1Peter:2:10 @ Which in time past were not a people, yet are nowe the people of God: which in time past were not vnder mercie, but nowe haue obteined mercie.

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geneva@1Peter:2:14 @ Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him (note:)The second argument taken from the end of this order, which is not only most profitable, but also very necessary: seeing that by that this means virtue is rewarded, and vice punished, in which the peacefulness and happiness if this life consists.(:note) for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

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geneva@1Peter:2:16 @ As free, and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnesse, but as the seruauntes of God.

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geneva@1Peter:2:20 @ For what praise is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faultes, yee take it paciently? but and if when ye doe well, ye suffer wrong and take it paciently, this is acceptable to God.

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geneva@1Peter:2:22 @ Who did no sinne, neither was there guile found in his mouth.

geneva@1Peter:2:23 @ Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but (note:)He shows them a remedy against injuries, that is, that they commend their cause to God, by the example of Christ.(:note) committed [himself] to him He seems now to turn his speech to masters, who have also themselves a master and judge in heaven, who will justly avenge the injuries that are done to servants, without any respecting of people. that judgeth righteously:

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geneva@1Peter:2:25 @ For ye were as sheepe going astray: but are nowe returned vnto the shepheard and Bishop of your soules.

geneva@1Peter:3:1 @ Likewise, (note:)In the third place he sets forth the wives' duties to their husbands, commanding them to be obedient.(:note) ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; He speaks namely of those who had husbands who were not Christians, who ought so much the more be subject to their husbands, that by their honest and chaste conversation, they may win them to the Lord. that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

geneva@1Peter:3:2 @ While they beholde your pure conuersation, which is with feare.

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geneva@1Peter:3:4 @ But [let it be] the (note:)Who has his abiding place fastened in the heart: so that the hidden man is set against the outward adorning of the body.(:note) hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is Precious indeed and so taken of God. in the sight of God of great price.

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geneva@1Peter:3:6 @ Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are (note:)Because women are by nature fearful, he gives them to understand that he requires of them that subjection, which is not wrung out from them either by force or fear.(:note) not afraid with any amazement.

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geneva@1Peter:3:11 @ Let him eschew euil, and do good: let him seeke peace, and folow after it.

geneva@1Peter:3:12 @ For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the (note:)This word «face» after the manner of the Hebrews, is taken for «anger».(:note) face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.

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geneva@1Peter:3:14 @ But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]: (note:)A most certain counsel in afflictions, be they never so terrible, to be of a steady mind and to stand fast. But how shall we attain to it? If we sanctify God in our minds and hearts, that is to say, if we rest upon him as one that is almighty that loves mankind, that is good and true indeed.(:note) and be not afraid of their Be not dismayed as they are. terror, neither be troubled;

geneva@1Peter:3:15 @ But (note:)Give him all prayers and glory, and hang only on him.(:note) sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: He will have us, when we are afflicted for righteousness sake, to be careful not for redeeming of our life, either with denying or renouncing the truth, or with like violence, or any such means: but rather to give an account of our faith boldly, and yet with a meek spirit, and full of godly reverence, that the enemies may not have anything justly to object, but may rather be ashamed of themselves. and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

geneva@1Peter:3:16 @ Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ.

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geneva@1Peter:3:20 @ Which sometime were disobedient, when (note:)This word «once» shows that there was a furthermost day appointed, and if that were once past, there should be no more.(:note) once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight Men. souls were saved by water.

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geneva@1Peter:3:22 @ Which is at the right hande of God, gone into heauen, to whome the Angels, and Powers, and might are subiect.

geneva@1Peter:4:1 @ Forasmuch (note:)Having ended his digression and sliding from his matter, now he returns to the exhortation which he broke off, taking occasion by that which he said concerning the death and resurrection of Christ, so defining our sanctification, that to be sanctified, is all one has to suffer in the flesh, that is to say, to leave off from our wickedness and viciousness: and to rise again to God, that is to say, to be renewed by the virtue of the holy Spirit, that we may lead the rest of our life which remains after the will of God.(:note) then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

geneva@1Peter:4:2 @ That he no longer should live the (note:)So much of this present life as remains yet to be passed over.(:note) rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

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geneva@1Peter:4:5 @ Which shall giue accounts to him, that is readie to iudge quicke and dead.

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geneva@1Peter:4:16 @ But if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not bee ashamed: but let him glorifie God in this behalfe.

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geneva@1Peter:4:18 @ And if the righteous scarcely bee saued, where shall the vngodly and the sinner appeare?

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geneva@1Peter:5:1 @ The (note:)He describes peculiarly the office of the Elders, that is to say, of them that have the care of the Church.(:note) elders which are among you He uses a preface concerning the circumstance of his own person: that is, that he as their companion communes with them not of manners which he knows not, but in which he is as well experienced as any, and propounds to them no other condition but that which he himself has sustained before them, and still takes the same trouble, and also has the same hope together with them. I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

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geneva@1Peter:5:3 @ Neither as being lords over [God's] (note:)Which is the Christian people.(:note) heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

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geneva@1Peter:5:6 @ Humble yourselves therefore (note:)Because those proud and lofty spirits threaten the modest and humble, the apostle warns us to set the power of God against the vanity of proud men, and to rely completely on his providence.(:note) under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

geneva@1Peter:5:7 @ Cast all your care on him: for he careth for you.

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geneva@1Peter:5:9 @ Whom resist stedfast in the faith, (note:)The persecutions which Satan stirs up, are neither new nor proper to any one man, but from old and ancient times common to the whole Church, and therefore we must suffer patiently, in which we have such and so many fellows of our conflicts and combats.(:note) knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your Amongst your brethren which are dispersed throughout the world. brethren that are in the world.

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geneva@1Peter:5:11 @ To him be glory and dominion for euer and euer, Amen.

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geneva@1Peter:5:14 @ Greete ye one another with the kisse of loue. Peace be with you all which are in Christ Iesus, Amen.